Batalla de Campeonas Results

It was a great night of boxing, a historic night of women’s boxing in La Guaira, Venezuela. (Photo: Dagne Cobo Buschbeck)

Saturday night at Domo José María Vargas in La Guaira, Venezuela, the WBA made history by presenting an all women’s championship fight card, with four world championships and three regional titles up for grabs.

To add even more legitimacy to the proceedings, Guinness World Records was ringside in acknowledgement of the event’s significance.

In the main event, WBA World female bantamweight champion Mayerlin Rivas (14-3-1, 9 KOs), from Maracaibo, Venezuela, successfully defended her title by split decision after 10 rounds against previously unbeaten Melania Sorroche (11-1-1, 2 KOs), from Manresa, Cataluña, Spain The final scores were 97-92 and 96-93 for Rivas, while the third judge had it 95-94 for Sorroche.

WBO World female super welterweight champion Hanna Gabriel (16-1-1, 11 KOs), from Alajuela, Costa Rica, successfully defended her WBO belt with a TKO victory over Katia Alvariño (8-3-1, 3 KOs), from Juan Lacaze, Colonia, Uruguay, in the third round of a scheduled 10. “La Amazona” also won the vacant WBA World female super welterweight title in the process.